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(Gert
Town Records - 1996)
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NOW!
Ben
Ellman - tenor & soprano saxophones
Jonathan Freilich - guitars
"Mean" Willie Green III - drums (on 2, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16)
Glenn Hartman - accordian & piano
Arthur Kastler - bass
Stanton Moore - drums (on 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Rick Perles violin & electric violin
Rob Wagner - tenor saxophone & clarinet
Andrei Codrescu - spoken words (track 3)
Produced
by Lizz Farrakhan Recorded at The Boiler Room, New Orleans.
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| 1. |
VI
BISTU GEVEYZN FAR POHIBISN? (Where Were You Before Prohibition?) |
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3:14 |
| 2. |
MAZEL
TOV COCKTAIL |
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3:32 |
| 3. |
WOULD
BE HUNGARIAN |
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4:53 |
| 4. |
CHROMATIC
FREYLECH |
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3:36 |
| 5. |
THE
BAR MITZVAH OF RAYMOND SCOTT |
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1:53 |
| 6. |
ICH
VEIN FUR MEIN GAS |
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4:00 |
| 7. |
URBAN
TURK |
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4:30 |
| 8. |
DOWNTOWN
DOINA |
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4:15 |
| 9. |
MO
WHITE FISH |
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3:39 |
| 10. |
FUR
MY MAME |
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1:53 |
| 11. |
HEISER
TARTAR BULGAR |
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3:14 |
| 12. |
NAF
TOONY |
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3:23 |
| 13. |
BENYA
KRIK THE GANGSTER |
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1:49 |
| 14. |
A
GLEZELE VAYN |
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5:28 |
| 15. |
LEIBDICH
UND FREYLECH |
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3:14 |
| 16. |
DEM
REBNS TANTZ |
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4:11 |
Few
bands, no matter the genre, play with the vigor, humor and love
of life as do the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars. With tongue firmly
in cheek (but hand soundly on heart), the Allstars create a unique,
funky brand of traditional Yiddish music.
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